Ari Shaffir
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Ari Shaffir (born 1974) is a Jewish-American comedian and actor currently living in Los Angeles, California.
He has performed live at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, California and has featured on two National Lampoon DVDs: Lost Reality and Lost Reality 2.
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[edit] The Amazing Racist
Amongst other work, Shaffir is probably most well known for a series of comedy works entitled The Amazing Racist (the title is a play on that of reality television show The Amazing Race). Shaffir plays the eponymous title character in the series. In these shorts the Amazing Racist is seen acting in a manner which is designed to be overtly racist. Some of the victims agreed to be included in his videos after they were taped and most would appear to have no prior knowledge of what was about to happen. Shaffir filmed many of his offensive encounters for a new DVD, National Lampoon's Lost Reality, and is amazed how many victims of his racial slurs willingly signed though he is wildly popular. Shaffir has been accused of promoting more hate through his videos [1].
A blogger stirred up some controversy when they noticed that Ari Shaffir appeared in an IBM commercial. [2]
[edit] Filmography
- Natural Born Komics (2006)
- Minding the Store (2005)
- Reeling in Reality (2005)
- National Lampoon Presents Lost Reality 2 (2005)
- National Lampoon Presents Lost Reality (2004)
- The Fax (2004)
